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Re: Is PRIMARY KEY the same as UNIQUE NOT NULL?

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Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 31 January 2016 at 19:53, David G. Johnston
> <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> A PRIMARY KEY enforces a UNIQUE, NOT NULL constraint and additionally allows
> [snip]

> I would just remove the whole paragraph. A primary key does what it
> does, a unique constraint does what it does. I'm not really sure why
> you need to link them.

I think it is useful to compare them; the only problem is claiming that
they're equivalent.

I've applied some doc updates based on this discussion.

http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=c477e84fe2471cb675234fce75cd6bb4bc2cf481

			regards, tom lane


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